Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with VCM
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Virtual Environments Configuration
- Configure Virtual Environments Collections
- Configure Managing Agent Machines for Virtual Environment Management
- Obtain the SSL Certificate Thumbprint
- Configure vCenter Server Data Collections
- Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections
- Configure vCloud Director Collections
- Configure vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections
- Configure vShield Manager Collections
- Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections
- Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In
- Running Compliance for the VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Create and Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters
- Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Exceptions
- Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results
- Configure Alerts and Schedule Virtual Environment Compliance Runs
- Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
- Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment
- Configuring Windows Machines
- Configure Windows Machines
- Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started with Windows Custom Information
- Prerequisites to Collect Windows Custom Information
- Using PowerShell Scripts for WCI Collections
- Windows Custom Information Change Management
- Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Create Your Own WCI PowerShell Collection Script
- Verify that Your Custom PowerShell Script is Valid
- Install PowerShell
- Collect Windows Custom Information Data
- Run the Script-Based Collection Filter
- View Windows Custom Information Job Status Details
- Windows Custom Information Collection Results
- Run Windows Custom Information Reports
- Troubleshooting Custom PowerShell Scripts
- Configuring Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machine Management
- Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS X Installation Credentials
- Configure Collections from Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines
- Configure Installation Delegate Machines to Install Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X...
- Configure the HTTPS Bypass Setting for Linux Agent Installations
- Enable Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Agent Installation
- Add and License Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines for Agent Installation
- Install the VCM Agent on Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Operating Systems
- Collect Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Data
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Collection Results
- Configure Scheduled Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Collections
- Patching Managed Machines
- Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Prerequisite Tasks and Requirements
- Manually Patching Managed Machines
- Getting Started with VCM Manual Patching
- Configuring An Automated Patch Deployment Environment
- Deploying Patches with Automated Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Configure VCM for Automatic Event-Driven Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Generate a Patch Assessment Template
- Run a Patch Assessment on Managed Machines
- Add Exceptions for Patching Managed Machines
- Configure the VCM Administration Settings
- Generate a Patch Deployment Mapping
- Configure VCM for Automatic Scheduled Patch Assessment and Deployment
- How the Linux and UNIX Patch Staging Works
- How the Linux and UNIX Patching Job Chain Works
- How the Deploy Action Works
- Patch Deployment Wizards
- Running Patching Reports
- Running and Enforcing Compliance
- Provisioning Physical or Virtual Machine Operating Systems
- Provisioning Software on Managed Machines
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Software Repository for Windows
- Package Manager for Windows
- Software Provisioning Component Relationships
- Install the Software Provisioning Components
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Using VCM Software Provisioning for Windows
- Related Software Provisioning Actions
- Configuring Active Directory Environments
- Configuring Remote Machines
- Tracking Unmanaged Hardware and Software Asset Data
- Managing Changes with Service Desk Integration
- Index
Managing Instances of vCloud Director and vApp Virtual Machines
You collect data from vCloud Director instances regarding their configurations, resources managed by
vCloud Director, and to identify and manage the vApp virtual machine guest operating systems. To fully
manage the guest machines, you install the VCM Agent on the virtual machines and manage their
operating system.
Managing vShield Manager Instances
You collect from vShield Manager instances to gather data regarding vShield App security groups. You
can run reports on the collected data.
Configure Virtual Environments Collections
To manage your virtual environments, configure your Managing Agent and then implement the
procedures that suit your environment.
Procedure
1. "Configure Managing Agent Machines for Virtual Environment Management" on page 26
The Managing Agents are one or more physical or virtual machines running a supported Windows
operating system that manages the communication between the Collector and your instances of
vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and vShield Manager.
2. "Obtain the SSL Certificate Thumbprint" on page 29
When configuring the settings for your virtual environments systems, you can use an SSL certificate
thumbprint file to ensure secure communication between the Collector and your instances of vCenter
Server, vCloud Director, and vShield Manager.
3. "Configure vCenter Server Data Collections" on page 29
Collect data from your vCenter Server so that you can identify and manage your virtual
environments, including ESX and ESXi hosts, and guest virtual machines.
4. "Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections" on page 35
Configure virtual machine collections so that you can identify and manage the guest operating
systems on the vCenter Server virtual machines.
5. "Configure vCloud Director Collections" on page 37
Configure collections from your vCloud Director instances so that you can run compliance and
reports, and identify your vApp virtual machines.
6. "Configure vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections" on page 41
Collect vCloud Director data so that you can identify and manage the guest operating systems of the
vApp virtual machines.
7. "Configure vShield Manager Collections" on page 47
Configure collections from your vShield Manager instances so that you can run reports on the
collected data.
8. "Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections" on page 50
The ESX Service Console OS Linux data type data and the ESXlogs are collected directly from the ESX
operating systems, not from vCenter Server. Configure the ESX servers so that you can collect the
Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
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